Saturday, August 28, 2010

It is like calling me “220 Clearwater Bay” or “The Fat Girl Who Blogs” or “The Glutton Who Won’t Stop Eating.”

But the secret restaurant with no name actually has a name. Gasp!!!

Yes, it’s true. Its name is… (drumroll, please)…

“You Jie Xiao Chao”

Okay, too much Chinese words to remember at once.

Maybe just YJXC?

YJXC is owned by a Mainlander couple who operates it from a simple box structure of cream walls, white tiles, wooden tables and chairs.

A room full of Mainlanders on a Sunday night

Duck Hot Pot 鴨肉火鍋 – I tell you, if there is only one dish, then this is it. Fried in garlic, chili and a blend of herbs and spices, this very tasty and spicy duck dish has the power to justify all the illegal immigrants who have taken over 168 and Tutuban, the triads, the Falun Gong, etc. etc. The duck is skin and bones, meat is almost non-existent, but the bold and beautiful flavors just make you wanna suck at the little duck morsels. Truly a winner.

The dishes that follow, however, are not as mind-shattering. Aside from a few good ones like the scrambled egg with chives and the fried string beans, all the other dishes, I have to say, pale greatly in comparison.

But thank God they are not ulcer-burning spicy. Because a real Hunanese meal can be as painful as this.